Give up Your Guns Lyrics

When I woke up this morning
I found myself alone
I turned to touch her hair
And she was gone
She was gone

And there beside my pillow
Were her tears from the night before
She said, give up your guns
And face the law

I robbed a bank in Tampa
And I thought I had it made
But the hounds picked up my
Trail within the glades

So I ran and I
Stumbled on this cabin
And she came to me once more
She said, give up your guns
And face the law

I don't want to leave her
I don't want to die
Deep within a cold, cold grave
With no one round to cry

But I've got my pistol
Now it's time to choose
Shooting here or hanging there
And either way I lose

And now I'm in this cabin
Where my own true love should be
Instead there lies a note
She wrote to me

And it says, though you
Can't live by the bullet
But you sure as death can die
My love, give up your guns
Or say goodbye, goodbye

And the sheriff now is calling
With his shotgun at my door
Son, give up your guns
And face the law